2021年06月六级第2套选词填空原文翻译及答案解析

I'm always baffled when I walk into a pharmacy and see shelves bursting with various vitamins, extracts and other supplements, all promising to accelerate or promote weight loss. Aisles of marketing genius belie (掩饰) the fact that, __26__, weight loss is dictated by the laws of arithmetic. Economist Jessica Irvine wrote a book about how she used math to help her lose more than 18 kilograms. If calories taken in are less than calories __27__, weight shall be lost, and so it is with money.

当我走进一家药房，看到货架上摆满了各种维生素、提取物和其他补充剂，都声称能加速或促进减肥时，我总是感到困惑。营销天才的过道掩饰了一个事实：最终，减肥是由算术法则决定的。经济学家Jessica Irvine写了一本书，讲述她如何用数学帮助自己减掉超过18千克。如果摄入的卡路里少于消耗的卡路里，体重就会减轻，金钱也是如此。

Despite the __28__ of financial products, services and solutions geared towards accumulating wealth, if all begins with the same __29__: getting ahead financially requires a reduction of spending, so that income is greater than expenses. I was reminded of this again recently listening to an interview with Nicole Haddow, the author of Smashed Avocado, explaining how she cracked the property market at 31. It was quite a __30__, given where she had been two years earlier.

尽管有大量针对积累财富的金融产品、服务和解决方案，但一切都始于同一个等式：在财务上取得进展需要减少支出，以便收入大于支出。最近，我在听《Smashed Avocado》作者Nicole Haddow的采访时再次想起了这一点，她解释了自己如何在31岁时打入房地产市场。考虑到她两年前的处境，这真是了不起的成就。

Nicole didn't celebrate her 30th birthday as she had __31__. She was sobbing at the dinner table with her parents, with whom she had just moved back in. She had no stable income, $12,000 in credit-card debt and no plan, but to her __32__, her father, an accountant, told her that her financial __33__ wasn't as bad as she thought. He said, on her income, with some changes, she would be able to buy an investment unit within two years, which she did.

Nicole没有像她预期的那样庆祝她的30岁生日。她与父母一起坐在餐桌旁哭泣，她刚刚搬回与他们同住。她没有稳定收入，有12,000美元的信用卡债务，没有计划，但令她惊讶的是，她的父亲，一位会计师，告诉她她的财务困境并不像她想的那么糟。他说，以她的收入，做一些改变，她将在两年内能够购买一套投资单元，而她确实做到了。

Nicole admitted she was fortunate, as she was able to live with her parents and __34__ her spending and life-to get herself on track financially. Creating a gap between her income and spending required a paradigm shift and __35__ sacrifice and commitment, but by going into financial lockdown, Nicole gained financial independence.

Nicole承认她很幸运，因为她能够与父母同住，并彻底改变她的支出和生活，以使自己走上财务正轨。在收入和支出之间创造差距需要一种范式转变，并需要牺牲和承诺，但通过进入财务紧缩状态，Nicole获得了财务独立。